U.S. patent application number 12/242779 was filed with the patent office on 2010-04-01 for multiple signal output system and technology (msost).
Invention is credited to Hector Gonzalez.
Application Number | 20100083341 12/242779 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42059153 |
Filed Date | 2010-04-01 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100083341 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Gonzalez; Hector |
April 1, 2010 |
Multiple Signal Output System and Technology (MSOST)
Abstract
The invention consists of a device, in the form of software or
hardware, which converts a single audiovisual signal, with multiple
components, to multiple signals transferred to different input
devices. This Multiple Signal Output System and Technology is
responsible of filtering a signal by virtual channels and
separating images from the original source. The separation of the
images can be outputted to different input devices using a variety
of cables or similar technology. A videogame system can use the
technology to separate multiplayer signals from one device to
multiple screens or input devices. This invention solves the
split-screen problem by giving the players the option to use one
output device to play in multiple input devices. The Multiple
Signal Output System and Technology separates in-software
(in-movies, in-games) signals to output them to different devices.
The technology can also capture different angles from an image (for
example a movie) and output the separate signals to different input
devices. With this technology, movies with multiple views and
angles can be outputted to different devices simultaneously. Users
can also watch movies, television, use the internet and play
offline and online games simultaneously from the same output device
and all the data is displayed simultaneously to different display
screens or input devices. All these data can also be recorded by
all the users simultaneously to the device using any storage
solution. The invention uses standard cables, special cables and
audiovisual wireless technology to output data to different display
screens simultaneously.
Inventors: |
Gonzalez; Hector;
(US) |
Correspondence
Address: |
HECTOR GONZALEZ-MALDONADO
P. O BOX 371815
CAYEY
PR
00737
US
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Family ID: |
42059153 |
Appl. No.: |
12/242779 |
Filed: |
September 30, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
725/149 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 13/00 20130101;
A63F 2300/30 20130101; A63F 13/26 20140902; A63F 13/35 20140902;
A63F 2300/8088 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
725/149 |
International
Class: |
H04N 7/00 20060101
H04N007/00 |
Claims
1. The Multiple Signal Output System and Technology (MSOST or the
invention) consists of a device capable of converting a single
signal, with multiple components, into multiple signals from the
same source; the converted multiple signals can be outputted to
more than one output reader or input device simultaneously showing
different images in each device from the same source, but not the
same image.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple outputs come from
the same image or set of images (frames) and are not a big image of
a single signal in many input devices or displays.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal can be outputted from
the same source, but with different characteristics each; like for
example, the user can watch movies with different scenes happening
at the same time, in different displays, or the same scene in
another place or angle.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein when watching one scene, the user
can actually see the same scene in the same time frame at different
angles; this technology allows movies (or games) with multiple
views and angles to be outputted to different devices
simultaneously and they can control the timing individually (or as
a whole) of each scene (rewind, fast forward, etc.).
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user may control the set of
scenes and angles of each different input device, via a virtual
camera around the scene; angles and output could be controlled via
hardware or software and interpreted by a device with MSOST to
output the multiple signals.
6. An input device that accepts the output of MSOST, software or
hardware, is the only device capable of using the input from a
MSOST device and accepts all the signals in one device.
7. The MSOST could be used in any image or multi-frame outputting
device to multitask many procedures simultaneously; for example, a
videogame system could output the signal of different games or
movies (from different storage devices like or similar to a hard
drive, internet connection, satellites and CD or DVD) in the same
device to different input devices and screen displays.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the MSOST recognizes a game from
a videogame device and can output images from different players in
the same or different games (or other data from an storage device
like a hard drive) to different input devices (like TV's).
9. The method of claim 8, wherein instead of a split-screen
multiplayer game or a LAN connection with different systems, only
one system or output device can recognize players data to output a
single player or multiplayer session of each player to individual
input devices (like TV's or monitors).
10. The method of claim 9, wherein a device using MSOST could be
able to connect to the internet and bring every user to an online
experience.
11. The MSOST is made of cables, computer chips (hardware) and a
computer system or program (software) that recognizes the signals
and can output them to different input devices (using virtual
channels or other technology).
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the MSOST can be used in an
output device outputting signals with different set of cables and
input connections from the same device or can output audiovisual
signals wirelessly.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein one MSOST cable can also output
multiple signals without the need of extra connections to the
output device or can output every audiovisual signal wirelessly to
a capable input device or devices.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the MSOST cable has one
connection to the output device and multiple AV, component, VGA,
DVI, HDMI or equivalent connections to be able to connect to
different input devices.
15. The MSOST can use multiple virtual channels or storage (like
hard disk) to separate the signals, from the same source, before
output and then move this signal from the virtual channels to the
input devices using a cable or audiovisual wireless technology.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the signals are filtered as
separate from the same source and are outputted through the
corresponding cables, wireless output or similar technology.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein a special type of software can
have a code or program, on a CD, DVD or similar technology, capable
of using MSOST.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein more than one image or video
signal can be produced in hardware or software of a device and then
can be outputted to a display screen and/or to another input or
display device.
19. The invention accepts more than one input, from different
users, and computes all of them to display them on different input
devices simultaneously.
20. The invention is capable of recording (in hard drive or similar
technology) every user data and activity taking place; for example,
a player can record or play a game, while his father could be
recording or watching a movie from the television, simultaneously.
Description
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Conventional screen displays are used daily and are the
input devices that translate the information coming from an output
device. Many output devices are VCR's, DVD players, videogame
systems, cable or satellite television. These output devices use a
signal to send images information to the input device. The image
could be a picture or a set of pictures, in the form of video. This
signal is single and can only be completely outputted to one
device.
[0003] Some unconventional screen displays exist. One of the
approaches uses multiple display screens arranged in a rectangle or
square form. The image is divided to separate screens forming one
big image of a scene or video. This result in a larger image
displayed through various smaller screen displays. Other
unconventional screen displays uses many screens to display the
same image in all of them. The same image can be outputted from the
same source, but is also outputted from different sources. These
types of systems typically use a computer to divide the principal
image into different smaller images to complete a whole image.
[0004] Videogame systems output signals from a user to an input
device or display (like a TV, monitor, etc.). The signal is
translated into a moving image visible on the screen display.
Typically one player uses the screen display for himself.
Multiplayer games exist where users can play on the same videogame
system and on the same screen, but the system separates images in a
split-screen. This means that the game produces two or more
variations of the same game, but displays them only in the same
screen. Multiplayer games can also be played online or in a LAN
connection, but requires another system or output device and
another screen display. The invention claimed solves this
problem.
[0005] When viewing motion pictures some systems use many displays
organized around a room or person (for example IMAX). Many screens
display the same image through the screens. The position of the
screens can have different angles and these angles are recognized
to produce an image for that screen. The same scene is not viewed
at different angles, is displayed depending on the angle of a
screen. A viewer cannot see a movie where he can see two screens,
with different scenes or the same scene at different angles, at the
same time. The invention claimed also solves this problem.
[0006] Conventional devices usually can only display one action at
a time. A DVD player will be able to output a movie to the display
screen and mostly that is the only thing the device can do at a
time. Videogame devices can only display one game at a time; two
users cannot be playing different games simultaneously from the
same device. The invention claimed solves this problem by providing
a device with the technology capable of outputting multiple signals
at the same time.
[0007] A method to use one device to output multiple images to
multiple displays is needed to improve the shortcomings of prior
methods.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The invention allows users to use one output device to
produce different signals from the same source so that they can be
outputted to different screen displays or input devices. More than
one image or video signal can be produced in hardware or software
of a device and then can be outputted to a display screen or to
another input or display device. A stream of images can be
separated using virtual channels and outputting them to different
display devices. For example, videogame software can create two
images on different virtual channels from two or more players, but
with the invention they don't need to use split-screen to play,
because they can play on two or more separate display screens from
the same source.
[0009] The Multiple Signal Output System and Technology (MSOST) can
be used on any output device, as hardware or software. DVD players,
PC's, videogame systems and other output devices can use the
invention to output multiple video or equivalent signals. Movies
that can be viewed in the traditional way could be enhanced by the
use of MSOST. MSOST could make a viewer with two or more display
screens take advantage of the technology by connecting them to a
MSOST output device. This way the user can watch movies with
different scenes happening at the same time, in different displays,
or the same scene in another place or angle, and could also control
such angles and scenes. This will create a more interactive and
innovative movie viewing experience.
[0010] The invention allows multiple entertainment and practical
settings. A multiplayer section on the same game can be played on
different displays. A play section in the same system with multiple
players not playing the same game, but playing different games from
the device can also be displayed. A player can be playing from a
storage device (like a hard drive) and another player from a CD o
DVD on the same system at the same time on different display
devices. The invention allows multitasking procedures to be
displayed in different input devices. Two users could be playing
games while one user is watching movies, all from the same device
simultaneously. All the signals could be outputted using cables,
one special cable, or wireless audiovisual signals. The device with
the technology invented can send audiovisual signals wirelessly to
every display device capable of accepting it. One device could be
the hub of all the entertainment or work in the same place. The
device accepts more than one input, from different users, and
computes all of them to display them on different input
devices.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1A shows an output device outputting several signals to
different display screens or input devices with different
cables;
[0012] FIG. 1B shows an output device, with the technology and
system invented, outputting several signals to different display
screens or input devices with only one cable;
[0013] FIG. 1C shows an output device, with the technology and
system invented, outputting several signals to different display
screens or input devices with an audiovisual wireless output
technology;
[0014] FIG. 2A shows a user looking at two screens simultaneously,
with different images (or movie scenes) coming from the output
device with the technology invented;
[0015] FIG. 2B shows a user looking at two screens simultaneously,
with different images (or movie scenes) with different angles each
coming from the output device with the technology invented;
[0016] FIG. 3A shows two users playing a multiplayer game in the
same device, but instead of playing in split-screen they play on
two different screens with the signals separated by the
invention;
[0017] FIG. 3B shows two users each playing different games being
outputted to two display screens from the same device
simultaneously;
[0018] FIG. 3C shows three users using the same output device with
two playing games and one watching a movie, all of them on the same
device simultaneously, but with different displays;
[0019] FIG. 3D shows three users connected to the internet (to
play) and using the same output device with two playing games and
one watching a movie, all of them on the same device
simultaneously, but with different displays;
[0020] FIG. 4A shows five users, two playing games, one watching a
movie, one using the internet and the other watching and recording
television all on the same device simultaneously using different
displays;
[0021] FIG. 4B shows five users each of them doing several things
while recording their activities as two are playing games, one is
watching a movie, one is using the internet and the other is
watching television all on the same device simultaneously in
different displays;
[0022] FIG. 5A shows five users with unconventional screen displays
in a virtual reality or enhanced reality style, each of them doing
a different activity from the same device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0023] The invention allows users to use an output device that can
output multiple signals from the same source to various different
displays. The invention technology is presently called Multiple
Signal Output System and Technology (MSOST). The basis of the
technology is the output of multiple signals (mostly several videos
and not the same signal) from a device to be outputted to two or
more input devices like screen displays simultaneously. A cable or
set of cables, from the device with the invented technology,
transfers the different signals or data from the device to several
input devices. Different images or signals are separated by
software or hardware using virtual channels or memory storage or
similar technology. This separation allows the output device to
send the different signals to different input devices. The signals
are not from one image and are not a big image displayed through
several screens. The signals come from different parts of a game
(especially multiplayer) and movies. Display screens will not have
the same image or parts of it, but a full other scene happening
simultaneously to the principal one.
[0024] This set-up will change the way we watch movies and play
games, because only one device can output entertainment for the
whole family. The same device can output different games, movies
and television shows to different display screens. This will change
conventional uses for screens, videogames, movies, television, etc.
A sample of a scenario using the device is that one user is playing
a videogame while the other is watching a movie, both
simultaneously from the same device. The following are more
detailed explanations of the figures and the technology
claimed.
[0025] In FIG. 1A a user can see both screens at will. Different
things should be happening on each screen. The same output device
can have many types of cable inputs for output of the signals or it
can do it wirelessly if the screen display is able to receive the
signals. For example, the device can use AV cables, HDMI, VGA, DVI,
component or any similar cable to display images in different input
devices like screens. The device can use any combination of cables
to output signals simultaneously to different devices or screen
displays.
[0026] In FIG. 1B the user can use a special cable created for the
invention. The special cable will separate the signals and output
it to the screen displays. Only one cable is needed with this
configuration of the invention. The cable has a defined format in
comparison to HDMI but can be outputted to multiple devices. Each
output signal is different, but comes from the same source.
[0027] In FIG. 1C the user uses the device to output audiovisual
signals wirelessly to multiple display screens simultaneously. The
technology invented is capable of sending multiple wireless
audiovisual signals, from games, movies, etc. to different display
screens. This means that one device can output audiovisual signals
to multiple screens without the need of cables.
[0028] FIG. 2A is an output device with the technology invented
(Multiple Signal Output System and Technology or MSOST) outputting
different scenes of a movie, taking place at the same time, to
different screen displays or input devices. A user or users can be
watching a movie with the front screen been the principal one, but
screens on the sides can be displaying images of other parts of the
movie. Two things can be happening at the same time and place while
the user is able to watch at will. Scenes can be at different
angles or different scenes completely. The user can pause, fast
forward, slow, rewind, etc. each scene individually.
[0029] FIG. 2B is an output device with the technology invented
(MSOST) outputting different angles of a scene or scenes of a
movie, taking place at the same time, to different screen displays
or input devices.
[0030] FIG. 3A is an output device with the technology invented
(MSOST) outputting videogame multiplayer signals (normally in
split-screen), taking place at the same time, to different screen
displays or input devices; the images are separated by the
invention and outputted to different screen displays. The same game
with different variants can be outputted in all its components to
different display screens. More than two players are able to play
in different screens from the same device. They can play the same
game or separate games simultaneously.
[0031] FIG. 3B is an output device with the technology invented
(MSOST) outputting videogame signals from different games, taking
place at the same time on the device, to different screen displays
or input devices. Users are able to experience a variety of games
from the same device simultaneously. This avoids the use of
multiple videogame consoles on a household and makes room for one
console to become the entertainment of the whole family.
[0032] FIG. 3C is an output device with the technology invented
(MSOST) outputting videogame signals from different games and
movies, TV or similar signals, taking place at the same time on the
device, to different screen displays or input devices. Users can do
more than gaming from the same device, they can also watch movies
and TV simultaneously in different screen displays.
[0033] In FIG. 3D users are able to bring their multiple
simultaneous experiences to an online space or virtual world. One
user can play online games, while the other is playing offline
games and another user is watching movies all of them outputted to
different display screens or input devices simultaneously.
[0034] FIG. 4A is a variant of the technology where many users are
enjoying games, movies and using the internet, but one of them is
watching television and recording its programming to the device.
All of these activities are accomplished by the same device with
the technology invented (MSOST) and the actions can take place
simultaneously and are outputted to different display devices or
screens.
[0035] FIG. 4B is a variant where all the users enjoying games,
movies, internet television, etc. can record to the device their
action and the data been streamed to the different display screens
simultaneously. This means that users can enjoy their games and
record them as well as movies or TV shows.
[0036] FIG. 5A is a variant of the technology were the users use
unconventional screen displays or output devices. The same device
can output signals to smaller screen displays like virtual reality
or enhance reality headsets, which are essentially multiple display
screens. Each of the display screens can output all the activities
mentioned before in an individual manner.
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